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" Know that this theory is false; his bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er The western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far... "
The Conquest of Canada - Page 247
by George Warburton - 1850 - 508 pages
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The North American Review, Volume 19

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 586 pages
...alluding to the vulgar superstition entertained of the pillars of Hercules, thus addresses his companion. Know that this theory is false ; his bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er "The pure language of Boccaccio, and of other ancient writers, is preserved at this day, much more among...
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1837 - 656 pages
...to the vulgar superstition entertained of the pillars of Hercules, thus addresses his companion — Know that this theory is false ; his bark The daring...wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashion 'd like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn...
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HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, THE CATHOLIC.

WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT - 1838 - 574 pages
...alluding to the vulgar superstition respecting the Pillars of Hercules, thus addresses his companion Rinaldo. " Know that this theory is false ; his bark...fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, ' . And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest...
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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain, Volume 2

William Hickling Prescott - 1838 - 682 pages
...alluding to the vulgar superstition respecting the pillars of Hercules, thus addresses his companion Rinaldo. " Know that this theory is false ; his bark...fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest sea-boat...
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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain, Volume 2

William Hickling Prescott - 1838 - 592 pages
...alluding to the vulgar superstition respecting the pillars of Hercules, thus addresses his companion Rinaldo. " Know that this theory is false ; his bark...fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest sea-boat...
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The North American Review, Volume 46

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1838 - 728 pages
...them impaired in the least degree by this curious fact. We give his own translation of the passage. " Know that this theory is false ; his bark The daring...fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest sea-boat...
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The North American Review, Volume 46

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1838 - 618 pages
...them impaired in the least degree by this curious fact. We give his own translation of the passage. " Know that this theory is false ; his bark The daring...fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest sea-boat...
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Biographical and Critical Miscellanies

William Hickling Prescott - Authors - 1845 - 662 pages
...to the vulgar superstitions entertained of the Pillars of Hercules, thus addresses his companion : " Know that this theory is false ; his bark The daring...wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashion'd like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn...
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The Conquest of Canada, Volume 2

George Warburton - Canada - 1849 - 528 pages
...illusion may still continue, it is not improbable that a belief in the island of St. Brandan may still exist among the ignorant and credulous of the Canaries,...fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits ho had vainly set, The dullest sea-bird...
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The Genius of Italy: Being Sketches of Italian Life, Literature, and Religion

Robert Turnbull - Italian literature - 1849 - 364 pages
...relative to the Pillars of Hercules, thus addresses his companions : " Know that this theory is false. The daring mariner shall urge far o'er « The western...fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest sea-boat...
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